Tom Campbell (politician, 1952)

Tom Campbell (1997)

Thomas John "Tom" Campbell (born August 14, 1952 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American politician . Between 1989 and 2001 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Tom Campbell attended the Hardy Preparatory School in Chicago until 1965 and then the St. Ignatius High School there until 1969 . He then studied at the University of Chicago until 1973 . After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission to the bar in 1976, he began working in this profession in Chicago. At the same time he studied economics at the University of Chicago until 1980. Politically, Campbell joined the Republican Party . In 1980 and 1981 he was a member of the White House Advisory Board ; between 1981 and 1983 he was a member of the Federal Trade Commission . From 1983 to 1988 he taught law at Stanford University .

In the 1988 congressional elections , Campbell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of California , where he succeeded Ernie Konnyu on January 3, 1989 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until January 3, 1993 . In 1992 he did not run again. Instead, he sought unsuccessfully to be elected to the US Senate . Between 1993 and 1995 Campbell was a member of the California Senate .

After the resignation of MP Norman Mineta , Campbell was re-elected to the US House of Representatives as his successor in the due by-election for the 15th seat of California, where he took up his new mandate on December 12, 1995. After two re-elections, he was able to spend two more terms in Congress until January 3, 2001. In 2000 he renounced another candidacy. This time he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate. From 2002 to 2008 Campbell was Dean of the Haas School of Business ; since 2011 he has been dean of Chapman Law School . For 2010 he was planning to run for governor . He later changed his plan and decided to run for the US Senate again. He failed in the primaries of his party to Carly Fiorina .

Web links

• Tom Campbell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)